"Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men."
"I commend Chairman McClintock for holding this hearing today and taking steps to discover what barriers the Administration is facing."
"I will ask them, do you like trees? Do you like healthy forests? And Republicans, Democrats, Independents alike like healthy forests."
"Thank you for doing a second round of questioning. I want to publicly acknowledge the input we have had from Democrats on this bill."
"Forestry and healthy forestry is the perfect thing to do that with."
"I think we sometimes forget the overall economic impact to our country when home building is strong."
"I take strong exception to that."
"I have stated before that the forests need industry much worse than industry needs forests today."
"We look forward to working with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands and Congressman Bruce Westerman to ensure that a solution addresses both fire borrowing and the erosion of the..."
"I applaud this bill, and I support continued action on it."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for being here today."